Stories of intrigue and adventure at the edge of civilization It has been nine years since Solomon Carver went up the Amazon. He left an anthropologist, but he has remade himself as a god. Rumors float down the river that Carver has taken two hundred wives and left the morality of Christendom behind. In the depths of the jungle, he has discovered... more...

Tish Carberry, Aggie, and Lizzie embark on three more outrageous adventures in More Tish. After successfully taking on a band of train bandits, the women return home and search for ways to help with the war effort—a search that ultimately takes them to the battlefields of Europe, much to the chagrin of the military. More Tish is the third book... more...

Per Petterson won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his novel Out Stealing Horses , which has been translated into forty-nine languages and was named a Best Book of 2007 by The New York Times . more...

Luis Alberto Urrea is the bestselling author of 15 books, including The Devil's Highway and The Hummingbird's Daughter . A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Urrea has won the Lannan Literary Award, the Pacific Rim Kiriyama Prize, an American Book Award, the Christopher Award and an Edgar Award, among other honors. Born in Tijuana to a Mexican father... more...

From the bestselling author of Miss Garnet's Angel comes an enchanting and unsettling collection of short stories.
Eli is an ordinary boy with an extraordinary gift. It will shape the course of his whole life but, he learns the hard way, he must keep it hidden from those who know him best. Seeing death is a mixed blessing.
Eli is... more...

In this wonderful anthology of new stories, Sherlock Holmes travels to the far ends of the Earth in search of truth and justice. A host of singularly talented writers, while remaining respectful towards Conan Doyle's work, present a new and thrilling dimension to Holmes's career. Full list of contributors: Simon Clark; Andrew Darlington; Paul... more...

Dieselpunk: an emerging retro-futuristic sub-genre, similar to steampunk, based on the era between the First World War and the start of the Atomic Age, merging elements of noir, pulp, and the past with today's technology . . . and sometimes a dash of the occult. Award-winning editor Wallace presents a cutting-edge collection of twenty-five vibrant... more...